A stunning and vast area of outstanding natural beauty, the New Forest is ancient, enchanted and wild. Ponies, cattle and donkeys roam freely around this national park, and pigs too in the autumn. The mood of the Forest changes with the seasons, and is always atmospheric. There are many wide open heathlands and rolling valleys, covered with heather, ferns and gorse and many paths and streams. These vast open spaces are broken up by woodlands and forests, both old and new. Complete with hundreds of character villages and pubs, deer and a wide range of family acitivites, including mountain biking, horse riding, fishing, walking, swimming, country houses and amusement parks, water sports and sailing, adrenaline sports and more.

The New Forest Pony: There are lots of New Forest native ponies throughout the park, kept in only by cattle grids and gates across the roads. They stay in groups, roaming a certain area and, on the whole, are familiar with cars and people. Many mares and foals can be seen in the spring and summer.

Who owns all the animals? The New Forest was set as the Royal hunting grounds by William the Conqueror's son just after 1066, and was preserved as common land in the Agricultural revolution, when much of England was divided into smaller farms. This means to this day, residents within the New Forest boundaries retain commoning rites to graze their animals on the Forest. Each year, they are collected, recorded and checked for health and foals.

   

Some of the places to visit within or near to the New Forest; all are under 45 minutes by car from us :          

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